Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan's unit held the Bears to just 18 points and the Saints sacked Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler three times.

The Saints 5-0 start is the best since 2009, when the team opened the regular season 13-0. That season, the Saints won Super Bowl XLIV.

Drew Brees finished the day 29 of 35 for 288 yards and two touchdown passes.

Tight end Jimmy Graham had 10 receptions for 135 yards.

Defensively, the Saints have held opponents to 18 or fewer points in each game this season, a remarkable turnaround from 2012, when the team finished as statistically one of the worst defenses in NFL history.

The Saints travel to face the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass., next Sunday, Oct. 13. The Patriots are 4-1 overall after losing to the Cincinnati Bengals 13-6 on Sunday.

WDSU will have Saints highlights and post-game reaction coming up on WDSU news at 5 p.m. and again this evening after the NFL game of the week, which features the San Francisco 49ers and the Houston Texans.